Hazmat suits for work at Hardee's: understandable. But why aren't the men wearing them?

Even though they were all gussied up in their hazmat suits. Sharia Alert
from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: "Saudi cleric under fire for
labelling waitresses as ‘prostitutes,’" from al-Arabiya, November 30 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A Twitter post ignited a battle of arguments over a post
tweeted by a Saudi cleric describing the newly-introduced waitress at a
fast-food restaurant in Saudi Arabia as “prostitutes”.

The debated topic sparked when Saudi Sheikh Ali Al Mutairi reacted to
a number of Saudi tweets calling for the boycott of popular American
fast-food restaurant, Hardee’s.

The reason?

The burger chain had recently allowed women – for the first time – to
work as waitresses at their branches across the coastal city of Jeddah.

“At the beginning of her shift she’s a waitress. When her shift ends
she becomes a prostitute. The more she’s around men the easier it
becomes to get closer to her”, tweeted Al-Mutairi, whose twitter account
(@4aalmutairi ) boasts more than 5,000 followers.

Despite this cleric’s views reflecting an existing frustration
amongst some conservative segments in Saudi Arabia which oppose women’s
right to work and fear that allowing females to mix with men may lead to
unwanted social behaviours, Mutari’s rather controversial tweet was
deemed too extreme to many Saudis on Twitter.

“Prostitution is not in working trying to survive but it is in
corrupted minds that use religion to distort other’s reputation,” posted
one male in response to Mutar’s tweet.

“Prostitute? So any female employee in my country is a whore now?” wrote a female tweep by the handle of @Sulafa_97.

Many commented by telling Sheikh Al Mutairi that through doubting the
morality of ‘chaste’ women and describing them in the way he did, the
cleric would be committing a serious vice, according to well-known
Islamic teachings.

Another tweep posted pictures of some Hardee’s waitresses posted over
social media by saying “These women are all covered up that I wouldn’t
look at them, plus if your sister goes to that restaurant would you
prefer a man or a woman taking her order?”

Despite the reaction to Sheikh Al-Mutairi’s views being mostly
critical, there were some supportive tweets like one which says, “We
know your intention and we give you the benefit of the doubt; stay as
you are, a splinter in the throats of liberals”.

As reactions mounted and a hashtag was created to discuss his tweet, Al-Mutairi replied to many of his critics saying:

“In the name of God, I have seen this hashtag and some are asking to
apologise because they think I have defamed Hardee’s waitresses – the
truth is I warned from the dangers of sexes mixing, at the beginning she is a waitress and in the end they will want her to become a prostitute and between are the devil’s steps”, tweeted the sheikh.

“As for hypocrites who shave their beards and moustache (a common way
of describing liberals in Saudi Arabia), there is no apology for them
because their zeal isn’t for God,” he added....

Off with their heads!

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Hazmat suits for work at Hardee's: understandable. But why aren't the men wearing them?

Even though they were all gussied up in their hazmat suits. Sharia Alert
from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: "Saudi cleric under fire for
labelling waitresses as ‘prostitutes,’" from al-Arabiya, November 30 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):